Automatic grain-bundle shocker



N0. 626,653. Patented June 6, I899.

- J. E. .&-0; A. FRENCH.

AUTOMATIC GBAIN- BUNDLE SHOCKER.

(Application med Au 25, 1896.)

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J. E. &. 0. FRENCH. AUTOMATIC GRAIN BUNDLE SHOCKEB.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1896.) (-No Model.) 6 Sheets-$heet 2.

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No. 626,653. Patented June 6, I899.

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AUTOMATIC GRAIN BUNDLE SHOGKEB. (Application filed Aug. 25, 1896') (No Model.) 6 Sheets-Sheet 3.

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J. E. &. 0. A. FRENCH. AUTOMATIC GRAIN BUNDLE SHOCKER.

(Application filed Aug. 25, 1896.)

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(No Model.)

No. 626,653. Patented June 6, I899.

J. E. &. 0. A. FRENCH.

AUTOMATIC GRAIN BUNDLE SHOCKEB.

(Application flied Aug. 25 1896.)

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(-No Model.)

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No. 626,653. Patented lune 6, I899.- J. E. &. 0. A. FRENCH.

AUTDMATIC GRAIN BUNDLE SHDGKER.

(Application filed. Aug. 25, 1896.)

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UNITED STATES PA NT owe JOHN E. nnnnon AND 01am A. FRENCH, on s'r. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.

AUTOMATIC GRAIN-BUNDLE SHOCKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 626,653, dated June 6, 1899-.

Application filed August 25,1896. SerialNo. 603,836. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN E. FRENCH and QRRIN A. FRENCH, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Cloud, in the county of Stearns, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Grain-Bundle Shockers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The objects of our invention are to provide a machine of simple and comparatively inexpensive construction to take automatically the bound bundles of grain from a self-binding grain-harvester, pack them in the form of a shock into a horizontally-retained conical receiver connected to the side of said grainbinder,tilt the receiver, and deposit said shock upon the ground in a vertical position,after which automatically to turn the receiver over said shock and return it into a position to re-' ceive the bundles for another shock. WVe attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear elevation, with the sheetmetal grain-receptacle removed, of a machine constructed in accordance with our invention, one side of which is shown adj ustably attached to the frame of a grain-bindingharvester. Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one of the .guides for the reciprocating bars U. Fig. 2

is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the inner or right-hand side of the machine disconnected from the harvester. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the outer or lefthand side of the machine. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 6 is a plan view, on a small scale, of the adjustable rods connecting the shocker-frame to the grainbinder frame. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the machine, showing the bundle-receptacle in a vertical position to discharge the bundles. Fig. 8 is aplan View, ona large scale, of aportion of the machine, showing parts of the gearing and one of the clutches and its operatingwedge. Fig. 9 is a rear view of one of the clutches and its operating-wedge.

Similar letters refer to si milarparts throughout the several views.

In said drawings, B represents the two sides of the frame, that are connected together at the front end of the machine by braces B therebyconstitutingasubstantiallyU-shaped frame open at the rear. Said frameis carried by wheels A on the sides and a caster-wheel A at the front, the spindle G of the forked caster-frame being received in perforations or bearings made in the front braces B of the frame B. On top of each side frame B are secured two batter-posts 0, having their upper ends united in pairs by bars 0 that are united at the front by bars B", forming therewith also a U-shaped frame. In said bars 0 toward the rear end thereof, are secured j ournal-boxes receiving trunnion-shafts P; The inner ends of each shaft P is provided with a crank-arm P Fig. 2, to the underside of which are attached the ends of inverted arch-ribs d, Figs. 1, 3, and 4, forming arcs of different diameters toconstitute the support for a truncated conical receptacle D,

preferably of sheet metal corrugated with transverse ribs (1 To the top of the outer crank-arm P are also secured two arched rods cl, the free ends of which extend to points nearly over the inner crank-arm 'P and are provided with elastic looped ends 01 their elasticity being to facilitate the entrance of the bundles and still maintain a support for I said bundles while the receptacle is revolved. Hinged also to the top of the outer crank-arm P ,,betvveen the arched rods d',there is a partlyarched pressure-arm e, on top of which is attached, directly over the axis of the grain-re- :ceptacle, a vertical screw-rod e, that passes through a cross-tie e, the ends of which are bent down and encircle the arched rods d.

The cross-tie e is adj ustably retained between the end of a spring t', coiled upon the screwrod 6 and a thumb-nut e on the outer end of said screw-rod.

To temporarily clasp together the grain tops of the grain bundles within the receptacle D while the latteris turned over to cause them to be discharged with their butts spread apart, but substantially in a standing position upon the ground, the smallest pair of inverted arch-ribs d operate as clampingarms and have their outer ends pivoted on a shaft 13 to the lower ends'of lugs 19 pendent from the crank-arms P substantially directly under the axis of the trunnion-shafts P and are hinged together at d in the lower portion of their arch. To cause said smallest pair of received in bearings upon said frame.

ribs 0 to be pressed upwardly toward the axis of the receptacle D at the proper time, there is pivoted to the left-hand lug 17 Fig. 1, a lever e the lower end of which carries a roller to bear upon the under side of the small rib 01 The upper end of the lever e is at the proper time pressed upon by one branch of a yoke j, that passes vertically through the crank-arm P The yoke j constitutes a pressure device that is kept elevated by a coilspring Wound around one of its legs, while the other branch carries a friction-rollerj by which it is depressed when said roller passes within an eccentric concave guide 7' projecting up from the outer top bar C of the frame. To steady the receptacleD in its rotation and arrest said receptacle when it has reached a position suitable to receive the grain bundles, there is secured to the two longest inverted arch-ribs din the lowerportion thereof an arm cl", carrying a roller (F, that is received within the bend of a spring-hook c", Fig. 4, secured to the lower portion of a butting-board E. To render the hook e springy, it is made of fiat spring metalsecured from its upper end onlytosaid board E. The above-described parts are constituents of the conical receptacle D.

To start and arrest at the proper time the revolution of the receptacle 1) by operating upon the clutch mounted upon the shaft of the left-hand ground-wheel A ,there is mounted upon the left-hand trunnion-shaft P an eccentric H, the strap and rod H of which carries on its lower end a wedge m, adapted to be forced between a roller n, mounted in stationary bearings upon the frame B, and a roller n, carriedon the upperends of the jaws of a ring-lever R, Figs. 1, 5, 8, and 9, having pins entering an annular groove in the sliding member K of the clutch placed upon the axle of the ground-wheel A on the left-hand side of the machine.

The lower end of the lever B is pivoted to one end of a metal strap 7", that has its opposite end pivoted to the bottom of the inner bearing of the axle of the ground-wheel A A coiled spring S is placed upon said shaft between said bearing and the member K of the clutch to normally force itin engagement with the second member of the clutch carried by the hub of the left-hand wheel A The member K of the clutch carries also a sprocket-wheel I, that is connected, by means of a sprocket-chain 1 with a sprocket-wheel 1 on the outer end of the trunnion-shaft P and gives at the proper time one revolution to the said shaft.

To the .two sides of the bottom frame 13 is pivoted the butting-board E, placed between them, said board having projecting from eachof its two lower corners a spindle 13, that is Said board E is normally retained in a nearly-vertical position by means of a coiled spring E on each side, set in an inclined position. The upper end of each spring is secured to the edge of the board E about one-third of its height and has its lower end. secured to the frame B at a short distance from the axlebearing of the rear ground-wheels.

To prevent the butting-board from returning too suddenly to a vertical position after the shock of grain bundles has been discharged, cushion-springs C, Fig. 4, are secured to the bars 0 of the frame, along the inner side thereof, in the path of the buttingboard. Vertically in the center of the inner face of the butting-board is secured thereto a recessed iron bar E that constitutes a track for the roller d on the lower edge of the receptacle D. The roller d is arrested at the lowerend of its course by the projecting part of the spring-hook 6 as before stated. The butting-board is shown in Fig. '7 in full lines in its normal position and also tilted forward in dotted lines when thereceptacle D is released to discharge its shock,

To secure the grain-shocker to a grainbinder frame B F (partly shown in Fig. 1) in a strong but adjustable and flexible manner to accommodate the parts to uneven ground, two rods parallel to each other and a rod placed diagonally between them are used.

Each rod consists of a bar Q, having one end pivoted at q to the binder-frame in such manner that said bar can oscillate vertically, and a tubular sleeve Q to receive in one end the opposite end of the bar Q. The opposite end of the sleeve Q is hinged to the shockerframe at q in such a manner that its tubular end can oscillate horizontally, and a thumbscrew g in engagement with the side of the sleeve Q has its point bearing upon the bar Q. -The flexible arrangement of the hinges at the ends of the rods may be reversed, if desired. The diagonal brace Q is also made of two lengths adjustable relatively to each other and has its ends hinged to the binderframe and shocker-frame, as described for the compound rods Q Q To advance the grain bundles from the grain-binder table into the bundle-receiver D,

ported by rods 0 having one end hinged thereto and the opposite end received in a I sleeve 0 having its lower end pivoted to a lug projecting up from the frame B. The stubbleward portion of each conveyer-bar U has a slot at in its side to receive the hooked fingers on the upper ends of the arms of guiding-staples 10 that are pivoted to lugs u Figs. 1, 2, and 3, secured to the bars C of the frame, the fingers of the staples constituting guides for the front portion of the conveyerbars.

To support the grain bundles above the flaring entrance toward said butting-board E.

from engagement with the spring-hook 6 I conveyor-bars U while the latter are recipro l cated grainward before causing a new advance ofsaid bundles, three or more rods have their rear end secured between the bars (3 to a bar uniting said bars C together under the binder-table, while their front end extends over the frame 0 close to the entrance to the receiver D. Ata suitable height above the conveyer-bars U and the rods C and substantially parallel to the latter are placed a series of rods C to prevent the grain bundles from being crowded upward. The rods 0 are carried by rods 0 united in, pairs, said rods C having their lower ends forked and adj ustably secured to the bars 0 To rotate the crank-shaft V, a sprocketwheel is mounted on its front end, to which motion is given as follows, reference being had particularly to Fig. 8: The member K of the clutch on the axle of the right-hand wheel A carries a sprocket-wheel t, that is connected by means of a chain i with a sprocket-wheel 1 mounted on a counter-shaft 1), located in advance of the wheel A On the innermost end of the shaft 19 is mounted a miter-gear L, that meshes with a mitergear L mounted upon a shaft 19 at right angles to the shaft 13 Upon the shaft 12 to-- ward its front end, is mounted a sprocketwheel 2, that is connectedgby means of a chain 4' with asprocket-wheelvl upon the front end of the crank-shaft V, Fig. 1. To guide the butts ofthe grain bundles toward the inner face of the butting-board E, a guide-board T is secured to the front face of the front bar 0 to constitute a slightly- To automatically release the receptacle D carried by the butting-board, and permit said receiver to be tilted in a vertical position to discharge the shock and thence to be turned over, the means employed are particularly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in the latter of which the pressure-arm e is shown in dotted lines in two positions. It is hinged, as previously stated, on top of the outer crank-arm P The outer end of the arm e, adjacent to its pivot, is provided with a convex eccentric heel that bears against the convex arm of a Z-shaped lever t, the middle portion of which is pivoted on top of the crank-arm P The lower arm of the lever t is pivotally connected, by means of a diagonally-located connecting-rod with a short standard Fig. 5, that has its lower end pivoted upon the front portion of the frame B, and said standard is connected, by means of a chain 25, with the hook e on'the butting-board E. To permit the driver to discharge the bundle-re ceiver at any time whatever may be the number of bundles therein, a cord 25 has one end attached to the upper end of the hinged stand ard t and the opposite end is within easy reach of said driver.

To start and stop the grain-bundle-feeding conveyers U, the outer end of the trunnion- 1 shaft P on the right-hand side of the machine is provided with an eccentric H having a strap and eccentric-rod H and a wedge m on the lower end of said rod. Said wedge enters between the rollers n and n to throw the movable member K out of clutch, but is. lifted by the eccentric H when said member K is to be again in clutch with the other member or the hub of the wheel A? 1 In operation, the bundle-packer having the adjustable rods 0 c, the said rods permit it to be set to any elevation of the grain-binder. The ejector-arm E A of the binder crowds the grain bundles under the guide-rods C onto the reciprocating'toothed conveyers U, which advance them into the conical receptacle D. This action continues until sufficient bundles have accumulated therein to raise the pressure-arm e and force it against its top spring a until the convex eccentric heel on its lower end has acted through the lever t, connectingrod 19, hinged standard i and chain to pull the hook e from under the roller d at the lower end of the receptacle D. Said conical receptacle D, being pivoted from its top edge through the medium of the crank-arms P and trunnion-shafts P in the rear of its small end, is tilted by the weight of the inclosed shock to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 7. The shock is thus dropped, standing with the butts of the bundles resting upon the ground.

In the operation of the machine after the receptacle D has been filled with grain bundles and while said receptacle is revolved and discharged five distinct movements occur in the mechanism. First, the pressure-yoke j is depressed while its roller 7' passes under the concave guide 9' and the roller on the side of the lower portion of its inner leg presses upon the upper end of the lever 6 The roller on the lower end of said lever e bears against the convex edge of the rib d and the latter becomes contracted around the tops of the grain bundles, squeezing and holding them until they are dropped upon the ground with a wider spread at the bottom. As soon as the roller 3' of the yoke j passes from under the concave guidej the coiled spring on the leg of the yoke expands and causes said yoke to assume its original elevated position. Second, the butting-board E'is tilted forward, as shown in Fig. 7, through the medium of the lever t, the connecting-rod t hinged standard t and chain i, releasing the receptacle D from engagement with its supporting-hook 6 Third, the eccentric H on the left-hand trunnion-shaft P, its strap and rod 1-1 draws the wedge m on its lower end sufficiently up to allow the member K of the clutch under the impulse of the spring S to engage with the second member of the clutch, that is secured shaft P, being one of the trunnions of the receptacle D, revolves the latter and causes it to be turned over. During the last part of the revolution of the receptacle D its roller d comes in contact with the iron track E on the butting-board and follows it down to the ar resting-hook e When it has reached this point, the eccentric II and itsrod 11 force the wedge m on the lower end of said rod between the rollers it and n and throw the member K of the clutch out of mesh with the member on the drive-wheel A and stop that part of the mechanism, with the receptacle D in a horizontal position to receive grain bundles. Fourth, the eccentric H on the end of the right-hand trunnion-shaft P,Which is provided with a strap and eccentric-rod H and awedge m on the lower end of said rod. Said wedge enters between the rollers 71 n and throws the inner memberof the clutch K out of mesh with the outer member, which is secured to the hub of the driving-wheel A This action immediately stops the bundle-feeding conveyers U, and thereby allows the conical receptacle D to be discharged and turned over without interference. It also permits any bundle coming from the binder to lie on the rods of the conveyer. Fifth, at the moment that the receptacle D arrives at a horizontal position and the locking-hook e receives the roller d of said receptacle the eccentric II on the right-hand trunnion-shaft draws up the wedge m and allows the clutch member K to close by the action of the-coil spring S into engagement with the clutch member on the drive-Wheel A immediately starting the bundle-packer into action.

Before filling the receptacle the spring 19, coiled upon the shaft of the clamping-ribs (1 having one end bearing upon the lower half of the lever 6 retracts the latter from contact with said clamping-rib d and leaves unobstructed the entrance to the receptacle. Having now fully described our invention, we claim I p 1. In an automatic grain-bundleshocker,the combination of the frame of a grain-binder,

- a bundle-shocker frame hinged to, and adjustably secured to the side of the grainbinder frame, wheels carrying the shockerframe,a U shaped frame in a horizontal plane above the top of the carrying-wheels and a semicon-ical receptacle adapted to be turned over around horizontal trunnions pivoted to the side of the U-shaped shocker-frame sub stantially as described.

2. In an automatically-operated grain-bundle shocker, the combination of the frame ofa grain-binder, a U-shaped bundle-shocker frame hinged thereto, Wheels carrying said shocker-frame, posts upon said frame, and a secondary U-shaped frame upon said posts,

with a semiconical receptacle pivoted to the inner sides of the secondary frame and adapted to be turned over substantially as described.

3, In an automatic grain-bundle shocker,

the combination of the frame of a grainbinder, a U-shaped bundle-shocker frame hinged thereto, wheels carrying said frame,"

of the secondary frame, and arched rods over said receptacle and means to turn over said receptacle substantially as described.

4. In an automatic grain-bundle shocker, the combination of the frame of a grainbinder, a U-shaped bundle-shocker frame hinged thereto, wheels carrying said frame, posts upon said frame, and a secondary U- shaped frame upon said posts, trunnionshafts passing through the secondary frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, inverted arch-rods secured to the crank-arms, a roller-carrying arm d secured to said arch-rods and a semiconical receptacle upon said arch rods substantially as described.

5. The combination of a U-shaped bundleshocker frame having its sides united together at the front end, wheels carrying said frame, posts upon said frame, and a secondary U-shaped frame, upon said posts, trunnion-shafts passing through the secondary frame crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a s'eniiconical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, lugs 19 pendent from the crank-arms and a pair of ribs d having one end hinged to the lugs p and devices for causing the free ends of the ribs to approach each other by the tilting of said receptacle and arched rods d and e substantially as described.

6.- The combination of a U shaped bundleshocker frame having its sides united together at the front end, wheels carrying said frame, posts upon said frame, and a second ary U-shaped frame upon said posts, trunnion-shaftson the secondary frame, crankarms secured to the inner ends of each shaft, a semiconical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, lugs 19 pendent from the crankarms, arched rods Cl and e a pair of curved ribs d pivoted together between their ends and each having one end hinged to'the lugs 19 and a lever 6 adapted to press against the convex side of one of the ribs 61 and devices for operating the lever by the tilting of the said receptacle substantially as described.

7. The combination of a U-shaped bundleshocker frame, trunnion shafts thereon, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a semiconical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, lugs 19 pendent from the crank-arms, a pair of curved ribs 01 pivoted together between their ends and each having one end hinged to the lu'gs'p alever 6 adapted to press against the convex side of one of the ribs d a yokej having one of its branches bearing upon the lever 6 and a stationary concave guide 3' in the path of said yoke substantially as described.

8. The combination of a U-shaped bundle- .shocker frame, a butting-board hinged thereto trunnion-shafts mounted upon said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, two arched rods d having one end secured to one of the crank-arms, a pressure-arm a, hinged to said crank-arms between the rods d and having its free end y'ieldingly supported by said rods d and the Z-shaped lever f and its connections with the butting-board substantially as described.

10. The combination of a U-shaped bundleshocker frame, trunnion shafts mounted thereon, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms and having a roller (1 projecting from its lowest end, a buttingboard E hinged to the shocker-frame and a hook e secured to the butting-board to receive the roller (1 substantially as described.

11. In an automatic grain-bundle shocker, the combination of 'the frame of a grainbinder, a U- shaped bundle-shocker frame hinged to the grain-binder, trunnion-shafts mounted upon the shocker-frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms and adapted to be turned over said shafts to discharge it, and be returned into position to be loaded, arched rods cl secured to one of the crank-arms over the reccptacle,and means to automatically release the conical receptacle substantially as described.

12. The combination of a u shaped bundleshocker frame, trunnion shafts mounted thereon, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of each shaft a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms and having a roller cl", a butting-board E a hook e projecting from the rear of the butting-board, a pivoted pressure-arm e having a laterally-projecting heel, a double crank-lever 15, having one end bearing against said heel and means substantially as described to connect said crank-lever with the hook e to release the conical receptacle.

13. The combination of a u shaped bundle shocker frame, trunnion shafts mounted thereon, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms and having a roller (1 projecting from its lower end, a buttingboard E hinged to the shocker-frame the hook e on said butting-board and springs E having one end secured to the sides of the butting-board and the other end to the shockerframe substantially as described.

14. The combination of a U -shaped bundleshocker frame, supporting-wheels on the sides thereof, trunnion-shafts mounted on said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, a sprocket-wheel mounted upon the stubbleward trunnion-shaft, the supporting-Wheel A its sprocket-wheel and chain, two members of a clutch upon the axle of said supporting-wheel, one of said members being actuated by a spring, a wedge 'm in engagement with said member, an eccentric 11 upon said stubbleward trunnion-shaft substantially as described.

15. The combination of a U-shaped bundle-shocker frame, supporting-wheels on the sides thereof, trunnion-shafts mounted on said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, and a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, a sprocket-wheel I? on one of the trunnion-shafts, the two members of a clutch on the axle of one of the sup,- porting-wheels, the wedge m adapted to operate on the movable member of the clutch, and an eccentric to operate said wedge from the trunnion-shaft of the receptacle in connection with a chain and sprocket-wheels I, I substantially as described.

16. The combination of a U-shaped bundle-shocker frame, supporting-wheels on the sides thereof,trunnionrshafts mounted on said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, and a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, with the eccentric H on one of the trunnion-shafts, the eccentric-rod and a wedge m on the lower end of said rod, said wedge being between a roller mounted on the shocker-frame and a roller mounted upon a member of a clutch upon the axle of one of the supporting-wheels, and a gear connection between the clutch and the trunnion of the receptacle substantially as described.

17. 'The combination of a U-sha'ped bundle-shocker frame, supporting-wheels on the sides thereof, trunnion-shafts mounted on said'frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, a conical receptacle carried by said crank-arms, the eccentric H upon the grainward trunnion-shaft, theeccentric-rod H and a wedge on the lower end of said rod, the grainward supporting-wheel, two members of a clutch on the axle of said wheel, one of said members being actuated by a spring in one direction and by the wedge in the opposite direction, the sliding member carrying a sprocket-wheel, the bundle-conveyer and chain to operate a bundle-conveyer substantially as described.

18. The combination of a U-shaped bundle-shocker frame, supporting-wheels on the sides thereof, trunnion-shafts mounted on said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, aconical receptacle carried by the crank-arms, two members of a clutch on the axle of the grainward supportin g-wheel, a sprocket-wheel upon one of said sis members, another sprocket-wheel in advance thereof, miter-gearsL and L sprocket-wheels i 71 and their connecting-chain, with the bundle-feeding mechanism consisting of the toothed conveyer-bars U having slots in their two sides and double-hooked retainers 11, in engagement with said slots, and a crank-shaft journaled in the frame and its cranks journaled in the rear end of said conveyer-bars substantially as described.

19; The combination of a bundle-shocker frame, supporting-wheels on the sides thereof, trunnion-shafts mounted on said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts and a conical receptacle carried by the crank-arms with a bundle-feeding mechanism consisting of the parallel bars 0 having their inner ends pivoted to the shocker-frame, the adjustable rods 0 c, supporting the outer ends of the bars C the feed-bars U, the crankshaft V, the sprocket-wheel thereon, the chain i sprocket-wheel of, its shaft, the bevelgears L and L the chain i and sprocket wheel on the axle of the supporting-wheels, substantially as described.

20. The combination of a bundle-shocker frame, supporting-wheels, trunnion -shafts mounted on said frame, crank-arms secured to the inner ends of said shafts, and a conical receptacle carried by the crank-arms with a bundle-feeding mechanism consisting of the parallel barsG having their inner ends pivoted to the shocker-frame, the shaft V, having cranks thereon, the conveyer-bars U, the rods 0 between said conveyer-bars, the rods .0", above them, the adjustable rods 0 carrying the rods 0 and-the guide-board T, in front of saidrods, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. FRENCH. ORRIN A. FRENCH.

\Vitnesses ANDREW G. ROBERTSON, FRANCIS MCGUIRE. 

